LinuxCon North America/CloudOpen North America

The with emergence of 40 gigabits per second devices now being a reality where do we go from here?  Well it’s 100 gigabits of course!  Intel’s Networking Division is currently working on a 100 Gbps device.  This presentation will cover what the new device is and what challenges it will bring to both networking, the Linux kernel and to the host systems themselves.  It will also include what features are needed as well as new technology that will be needed to run at these kinds of speeds.  The need for this kind of speed will also be discussed so that there will be an understanding as to who will need to use 100 Gbps devices. This overview will give the audience a good idea where Intel is going on this kind of high speed technology,  the many challenges faced to bring this technology to implemented reality and of course what this means to Linux OS itself.